sworn to protect and serve, a police officer is accused of misconduct. we have new information on what the officers believed to have done. cia sex scandal gets deeper. allegations of a high ranking general with questionable emails, we will tell you who is involved. water main break brings traffic to a halt. a crew on the scene and lone has new information on -- loren has new information on ways to get around the mess. good morning, i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. yesterday was gorgeous, if you looked out the window today, not the same.

it's going to be a slap the face. >> it's colder, also rainy out there this morning as well. as you head out the door, take the coats don't forget the rain gear. look on mailed's most power -- maryland's most powerful radar. shippensburg, chambersburg, alongics 76, dealing with that. this is sliding towards the north and east, biglerville, mount holly. east berlin in on the action. this is the trend through the rest of today. we can see what is going on, the rest of this morning rather. we can see along i-70, coming down with the the rain showers. through temperatures, we have a chilly rain out there. 40 degrees, west friendship, in to the afternoon, we will be around 50 degrees. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >> good morning. in addition to the rain, we are dealing with fog out there this morning, turn on the low beams,

be careful. the reduced visibility is going to be a problem across the region. heading to mount vernon, be aware of road closures, due to yesterday's water main break. madison is shut down from falls street. your best alternate routes are st. paul, calvert, or 83, if you are using the jfx, be aware the off ramp to gillford will be closed. as we check in and look outside, this is what 83 looks like, a look at the repairs underway now to fix the water main break. it's in mount vernon, avoid the neighborhood. this is a 30-inch break. it's going to take time to repair. linda so will continue to bring you live reports up and date you on the progress they are making. definitely going to be an issue for a while. something to keep in mind. as we look at 83, north of 695, everything is up to speed.

no delays heading in downtown, as we look at drive times, the beltway, going to be in great shape. no delays from 95 up to 83. that stretch will take you 11 minutes. west side, normal conditions, lacking at an 11 minute ride from 759, to 95. accusations of sexual misconduct by police commissioner, against an officer. the alleged incident happened during the weekend involving a 13ee police veteran and an 18 year old woman. sherrie johnson is live with more on the developing story. >> reporter: police commissioner, bats was sworn if last week and investigate dwaiting an alleged officer miscop duct case, this has to do with 39 year old officer elliot simon, he worked out of the north western district onrisers town road and been with the department for 13 years. now he is facing possible criminal charges in connection with an incident involving an

18-year-old woman. bats used the testimony sexual misconduct and said the crime a occurred while simon was on duty and could indicate the 18- year-old woman had been detained when a sex act happened. police wouldn't confirm that. the city state's attorney's office started to look in to the case to decide whether criminal charges should be filed. >> i have no tolerance for misconduct or officers that violate the public trust. >> reporter: the officer is being investigated for a crime that could be a felony. he has been suspended without pay. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. rescuers back out trying to safe two snowboarders stuck on top of a mountain. they spent two nights in washington state. snow boarding on sunday when a storm brought in a heavy snow. they got lost and called 911. rescuers had a hard time

searching for the boys because of the poor conditions. they are staying in touch and say they are in good condition so far. black friday is no longer on friday, to get a leg up, some stores are opening thanksgiving day. >> target is opening at 9:00 p.m. next thursday, something to keep in mind. employees are not happy at all. they start odd a petition to stop target from cutting in to family time. the retailer opened midnight on thanksgiving and experts say the stores are supply and demand. ohs others say it goes too far. >> thanksgiving is family time. how far are we going to go for retail and commercialism. >> the stores are starting black friday sales on thanksgiving day, they include toys r us, wal-mart and old navy. stay with us this morning, call out sick and you don't get

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we have the wind, the rain, the cold temperatures out there this morning, also, we have foggy weather as well. patchy fog in spots, as we look at baltimore , the last time i slowed you the map, we were at 10, we have gone downhill. we have 6 miles of reduced visibility, frederick 7, more in winchester, 6 hagerstown and york in at 7. what this means is as you head out and about, have the low beams on instead of the high beams. as you are heading to the kids, walking to bus stop, temperature at 47 degrees with plenty of rain and cooler this afternoon. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. good morning, fog is going to be an issue.

turn on the low beams because there is going to be reduced visibility. dealing with the water main break, mount vernon, madison street will be shutdown between fallsway, and calvert street. gillford closed. stick with 83 as your alternate. the off ramp will be closed. no delays on the jfx. everything will be up to speed traveling through fort mc henry and harbor tunnel. 695, towson, everything moving along here at delaney valley road. no problems up to 83. here we go, a water main break, causing more problems again in baltimore city, this one in mount vernon. >> once again, the city's aging infrastructure is blamed. linda so is live with the latest on the break. >> reporter: crews made progress, you can see in the hole, fixing the broken section. they removed the broken section

of this water main, and right now, they are smoothing out the edges, making way for the new pipe to come. when the crew comes in around 8:00 a.m., they will be replacing it. i want to tell you this, this is a 30-inch main that broke on madison in mount vernon yesterday. homes and businesses lost water. mercy hospital had low water pressure it had to deal with. this is the fourth water main break in two weeks. this is the aging infrastructure. water mains, like this one, could date back to the 1800s. it's not the beginning stages of the plan to speeds up the amount of water main it replaces from 5 miles a year to 40. of course that cost to make repairs will come out of your rising water bills. dpw crews are hoping to fix the break quickly so it won't cause too many traffic problems. live, see the workers have been working and took out the broken section of the pipe, replacing

it a new one this morning. i want to show you shotgun something with the traffic. left on to gillford, that's been open. an hour ago, they opened the ramp, off of 83 to get to gillford avenue, take that exit. the road here is closed offs you can take madison street all the way to gillford and take a left on to gillford. linda so, abc2 news. supposed to be a simple procedure, now laser hay remove spa is in hot water. like a lot of things, trying to find a better job can be frustrating. so at university of phoenix we're working with a growing list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like microsoft, american red cross

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rob nelson has the latest. >> reporter: in a twist to the david petraeus sex scandal. pentgon says the top american commander in afghanistan general john allen is under

investigation for sending improper emails to kelly. kelly is the florida woman who triggered the investigation that ultimately forced petraeus to resign. pentagon is reviewing between 20-30,000 documents involved. allen denies wrong doing. monday, agents spent nearly five hours at the home of petraeus' former mistress, broadwell after the fbi told abc news, they discovered thousands of emails between broadwell and petraeus detailing the affair. in his universe, this moral failing is unacceptable and renders him unworthy of continuing the position of responsibility for the nation. >> the affair came to light over the summer as part of an fbi investigation that began after kelly received threatening emails she believed were from broadwell. >> they call ate preliminary

investigation. officials say broadwell had classified material on her computer, which is illegal, fbi doesn't believe it came from petraeus, no charges have been filed. controversy over how the investigation was conducted engulfed washington. members of congress want to know why the fbi and attorney general waited until wednesday to notify the white house. officials maintain there was no politics involved. rob nelson, abc2 news, new york monarch is telling customers they can continue treatments at other stores, the facility closed after three patients got sick and one died from invasive infection. they reached out to the owners

by phone and email, we didn't hear back. when you call out sick for work, do you get paid? for many workers it means losing a day of pay, a campaign will be launched to give sick leave to paid workers in the state. bravo is speaking out about benefits for employees and employers. it's held at westminster hall in baltimore. members of congress are heading back to work after being in recess, tackling the so called fiscal cliff. democrats and republicans are divided on how to cut the deficit. this is how many people will be hitting the roads and skies. aaa releasing the travel forecast, about 42.5 million people traveled 50 miles or more last year. >> new jersey is ending the gasoline rationing this morning, chris christie says supplies are back to normal and no reason for drivers to wait in line.

imposed the rationing following super storm sandy. president and vice president meeting with members from the labor community and how to avoid the fiscal cliff. veterans at the va medical center are getting a visit, ravens players spending time with them. it's part of the salute to service military appreciation initiative. sports, steelers tbeat chiefs last night -- beat the chiefs last night. final score from the game was 16-13, a wet one. the ravens take on the steelers sunday night at heinz field, coming off of a record win against the raiders, talking about the ravens that, the question, will big ben be on the field sunday night? it's his throwing arm that's strained. we should learn more later today. we got to know. we will have to get the forecast as to how that is looking for the game. big story is today, because it's wet out there. >> it is wet.

it's chilly, breezy, you name it, we have it out. there we don't have the snow. the cold air did not mix up with the precipitation, that's good news , the former precipitation that we are getting today is rainfall across the area. be prepared for that as you step out the door. heaviest rain is to the north, you can see it around harrisburg, freeways are on the wet side. duncannon carlisle, mount holly, emmitsville, elizabeth town, all seeing the wet weather this morning, sliding to the south, back in to maryland, around tawny town,thermont, walkersville and frederick and montgomery county this morning. starting to see heavier rain across the area as well. we can see it around demascus, brink this is heading off towards the north and the east. we will get a break from the action as we go through time. we can see behind the cold front, that's slicing through the area, colder air, high pressure building in, with high pressure, that means we will

start to have the air sink and get sunshine in here, especially by tomorrow. look at the snow up towards the north, we are seeing that around michigan, great lakes. temperatures now, 40 degrees catonsville. 42 in bel air, we can see what is going on in terms of the wind gusts, gusting up to 32 catonsville. it makes it feel 34 degrees catonsville. 34 westminster. these are the temperatures you need to dress for this morning. the coat is in order as well as the rain gear. the rain gear, because the bit big coat will be necessary. the temperature coming in at 50 degrees, by tonight, 32, and cold. this is what we can expect through time. 4 a for baltimore, for today, and also the windchill feeling a lot colder. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. we have an update on the water main break in mount vernon, misdemeanorson is re-

opened -- madison is re-opened at gillford avenue. if you are traveling on 83, the off ramp to gillfords has also been re-opened. you will want to expect congestions that morning rush does start to pick up. no delays on the jfxs looking at normal conditions from the beltway, downtown to east fayette street. if you are traveling on 695, as we check in and look outside here at liberty road, rain on the camera, the roads going to be slick through to the rainfall. no delays, 11 minutes on the outer loop, 795, to 95, as we look at the time saver traffic drive times, no delays out on the beltway from parkville, all the way up to towson, 95 and white marsh in great shape. down to the beltway, we have an accident in white marsh, along the eastbound lanes of route 43, honey go boulevard. >> we are minutes away from 6:00. a boy gets a surprise of his

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